Images and Thoughts about Astronomy
and Archaeoastronomy

Choose a category from our itinerary here, and click on any image below for a full-size image.
 
Acoma/El Malpais | El Morro/Chaco Arrival | Pueblo Bonito (Chaco) | Chaco Astronomy
Supernova Pictograph/Peņasco Blanco | Miscellaneous Images | Mesa Verde | Hovenweep

Spruce Tree Pueblo at Mesa Verde, by Brandon Velivis
 
Balcony House at Mesa Verde, by Lisandra Collazo
 
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, by Ronya Younes

	Sunrise on the way to Mesa Verde came over this windmill in New Mexico along the Chaco Canyon entrance road.
From an overlook along the way to the top of Mesa Verde, we saw this view of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado about 40 miles away.
	Spruce Tree House pueblo is nestled in an alcove that faces west.
A kiva at lower right is one of the features of the pueblo, which is one of the best preserved. One kiva has a reconstructed roof.
	Archaeologists are actively working at Spruce Tree House. Here workers are measuring a wall for stabilization.
Balcony House pueblo at Mesa Verde is accessible only by this 30-foot dual ladder. Yes, it wiggles when people climb it! Check ouf Dereck and Ronya in the lower right corner.
	Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde is viewed from the overlook above it. You must climb down the canyon to visit this large site, and perhaps the most famous of the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.
Kiva at Cliff Palace showing its roof supports, the large rectangular blocks around the inside. Several kivas here interconnect, an unusual feature.